Evolutionary Ecology of Freshwater Animals: Concepts and Case Studies - Hardcover

by B. Streit (Editor), T. Stc$dler (Editor), C. M. Lively (Editor)

Ecosystem structure and trophic interactions.- Habitat partitioning by zooplankton and the structure of lake ecosystems.- New Zealand mountain stream communities: Stable yet disturbed?.- Complex trophic interactions in freshwater benthic food chains.- Prey dispersal and predator impacts on stream benthic prey.- Aspects of life-history evolution.- Rotifer life history strategies and evolution in freshwater plankton communities.- The evolution and genetics of maturation in Daphnia.- Optimal energy allocation tactics and indeterminate growth: Life-history evolution of long-lived bivalves.- Population biology and reproductive modes.- Ecology and genetics of interspecific hybridization in Daphnia.- Population biology, genetic structure, and mating system parameters in freshwater snails.- Evolution and ecological correlates of uniparental and biparental reproduction in freshwater snails.- Genetic similarity, parasitism, and metapopulation structure in a freshwater bryozoan.- Evolutionary processes following colonizations.- Evolutionary consequences of postglacial colonization of fresh water by primitively anadromous fishes.